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World Service,03 Aug 1993,8 mins

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The life and work of El Greco ("The Greek") born Doménikos Theotokópoulos, painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "His brushwork is absolutely astounding, very free, and not concerned with the business of imitating nature" says art critic Waldemar Januszczak. "It's real in another sense. It's spiritually real."

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